„[...] the "present" constitutes the distributed musical material, in which the "new" implies the "past", with which the "yet to come" has to have a mutual background with [...]“

HKM+ is an ensemble for electroacoustic improvisation which consists of ludger hennig - software instruments, christof knoche - bass clarinet / electronics and markus markowski - prepared guitar/ software instruments. originally formed as a trio, the ensemble extends its line-up by guest musicians to allways renew its musical language expressed in the ensembles name by a +/plus.

the ensemble extends musical improvisation with electroacoustic instruments that are connected to a network based on audiosignals and network communication. the aim of this project is to create transient- and spatial situations in this musical network through improvised musical articulation.

the musical material of each of the performers is distributed to each of the clients of the improvisation network. the transformation of the sounds is realized by self-programmed electroacoustic instruments. an electroacoustic language arises in which the musical vocabulary and musical gesture is affected, influenced, and manipulated by each of the participating soloists.

for concerts, the ensemble is positioned in the middle of the space. a multiple loudspeaker setup is positioned around the ensemble or arranged acousmatically within the space.

by spatialisation of the sounds through multiple loudspeaker configurations, each soloist is enabled to use different methods to project the sounds into the space. spatialisation becomes part of musical improvisation & improvised spaciousness.

NEXT CONCERTS

04. september, Gueterbahnhof Bremen (GER), Tor 48
ELEKTROAKUSTISCHE IMPROVISATION VERRAEUMLICHT / DIE SCHRANKE ALS TAKTSTOCK
w. christof knoche, markowski, reinhart hammerschmidt, tim schomacker, willi hanne, hannes clauss, vb schulze, alderk hespos ...
16:00 - 19:00

CD-RELEASE HKM+ / diatribes / piero sk / rehnig / sienknecht in march 2010

CD is now available at Resting Bell netlabel
(http://www.restingbell.net/releases/rb080-hkm-diatribes-piero-sk-rehnig-sienknecht)


( ... ) a very, very fine piece of improvised music, made by HKM+ and diatribes together with Piero SK, Robert Rehnig and Johannes Sienknecht. HKM+ is an ensemble for electroacoustic improvisation which consists of Ludger Hennig (software instruments), Christof Knoche (bass clarinet / electronics) and Markus Markowski (prepared guitar/ software instruments). diatribes were a trio in the beginning and changed now to a polymorphous formation, accuratly incomplete, extending its spectrum with guest musicians.

These eight people met last year in an abandonned building in Leipzig and recorded a big bunch of material, which finally became this wonderful 50-minute release. It is raw, acoustic (even if there are software elements in it) and free ( ... ) You can always feel the instruments, the movement and the creative space, created by the whole group ( ... )

more HKM+ soundfiles/CD

CD HKM+ Alderk Hespos (NEW ! 2010)
ludger hennig (software instruments/mic. devices)
christof knoche (bassclarinette/electronic devices)
markus markowski (prep. guitar/software instruments)
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alderk hespos (dr, perc, objects, The STOCHT)
recorded april 2010
→ send mail to order CD HKM+ Alderk Hespos









CD HKM+ Live at C.O.M.A.@ABC No-Rio (2009)
ludger hennig (software instruments/mic. devices)
christof knoche (bassclarinette/electronic devices)
markus markowski (prep. guitar/software instruments)
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kirk knuffke (tp), jonathon haffner (sax), kyumgmi lee (melodica, flute),
geoff gersh (shamisen)
recorded live in New York/USA 2009
→ send mail to order CD Live at C.O.M.A.@ABC No-Rio
→ listen to mp3 tracks






CD HKM+ Geoff Gersh (2009)
ludger hennig (software instruments/mic. devices)
christof knoche (bassclarinette/electronic devices)
markus markowski (prep. guitar/software instruments)
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geoff gersh (guitar, live electronics)
recorded in New York/USA 2009
→ send mail to order CD HKM+ Geoff Gersh
→ listen to mp3 tracks







CD HKM+ ALIEN PORN MUSIC (2008)
ludger hennig (software instruments/mic. devices)
christof knoche (bassclarinette/electronic devices)
markus markowski (prep. guitar/software instruments)
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russ johnson (tp), geoff gersh (git, live electr.), kirk knuffke (tp),
miles okazaki (ac. git), ben gerstein (tb)
recorded in New York/USA 2008
→ send mail to order CD Alien Porn Music
→ listen to mp3 tracks







CD HENNIG KNOCHE MARKOWSKI - IMPROVISED SPACIOUSNESS (2007)
ludger hennig (software instruments/mic. devices)
christof knoche (bassclarinette/electronic devices)
markus markowski (prep. guitar/software instruments)
recorded in bremen/germany 2007
→ send mail to order CD Improvised Spaciousness







all music copyright (c) by HKM+ and the artists named above / 2009

HKM+ info/pictures

HKM+ plays with reinhart hammerschmidt, tim schomacker, hannes clauss, diatribes (dincise, cyril bondi), robert rehnig, johannes sienknecht, piero sk, laurent estoppey, christian weber, oliver prechtl, geoff gersh, simon berz, mikolaj palosz, willi hanne, tobias guenter, kirk knuffke, bradford reed, adam kendal, kyungmi lee, jonathon haffner, eric hubel, ben gerstein, russ johnson, miles okazaki, sam torres, alderk hespos ...

HKM+ plays at OBLO Lausanne (CH), WIM Zurich (CH), Interventionsraum Stuttgart (GER), Oscar/Weltecho Chemnitz (GER), KULTURHAUS MITTE Berlin (GER), WENDEL Berlin (GER), Philharmony LODZ (PL), KUB Leipzig (GER), Raum der Kulturen Leipzig (GER), ISSUE PROJECT ROOM New York (USA), ABC-NoRio New York (USA), Strings Delmenhorst (GER), ACUD Berlin (GER) ...







photos by inken bornholt

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HKM+ biographies

ludger hennig, mic.-devices, live-electronics

education

2002-2004	colloquium for elektroacoustic composition at the SeaM (Studio for elektroacoustic Music) at the HfM franz liszt with robin minard
1999	participation at the summeracademy "audio- vision" at the erich-tienhaus institute in detmold
1997-2004	studies at the university of aplied sciences dortmund, bauhaus-university in weimar and conservatory HfM franz liszt in weimar

soundart

2009	HKM+ concert 4-chnl audio, Galerie KUB Leipzig (GER) (w. r.rehnig / w.hanne / t.guenter)
	HKM+ concert 4-chnl audio, Raum der Kulturen Leipzig (GER) (w. diatribes / piero sk / r.rehnig / j.sienknecht)
	HKM+ - concert 13 + 4-chnl audio, ISSUE Project Room brooklyn/NY (USA) (w. kirk knuffke)
	HKM+ - 4-chnl audio, C.O.M.A.@ABC No-Rio, new york (USA) (w. knuffke/haffner/lee/gersh)
	SOIREE DER NEUEN MUSIK - concert, 4-chnl audio, Schwaebisch-Hall apr 09 (w. sciss/hennig)
2008	UNTERGRUND DER WISSENSCHAFT - concert 4-chnl audio / installation, Jena nov 08 (w. sciss/hennig/sienknecht)
	white nights (balta nakts) - raumklangkonzert, RIXC riga (LV) aug 08, 8 kanal audio/livestream (w. sciss/markowski/sienknecht)
	european sounddelta: artist in residence invited by the MU-collectiv/paris on the vessel ange gabriel, traveling from belgrade to budapest with diverse concerts in belgrade, vukovar. [www.sound-delta.eu]
	HKM+ - raumklangkonzert, strings delmenhorst jul 08, 4 kanal audio (w. hennig/knoche/robert rehnig - prep. piano/live-electr.)
	lind area - 6 chnl audio, soundinstallation installation @ artist-resitency in schloss wiepersdorf [www.schloss-wiepersdorf.de]
	urban spaces - raumklangkonzert/installation, RIXC riga (LV) mar 08, 12 kanal audio/livestream (w. sciss/markowski/sienknecht)
2007	artist in residence from oct.-dec. 2007 @ schloss wiepersdorf [www.schloss-wiepersdorf.de]
	stipendiary for music by the culture foundation of thuringia/ germany
	two columns, nearly permanent soundinstallation, 2 concrete columns in the park of schloss wiepersdorf realised during the artist in residenceship.
	VICE VERSA: a soundart-project of the SeaM weimar - robin minard, hanns holger rutz, ludger hennig, robert rehnig. soundinstallation @ wasserspeicher prenzlauerberg, berlin. wide/narrow, centrifugal / peripheral, hermetic/ open... [www.singuhr.de]
	radiosculptures @ international festival for soundart berlin, deutschlandradio kultur: robin minard, ludger hennig, constantin popp. three radio-play-formats as soundobjects: "blogspiel", "wurfsendung", "geraeusch des monats". [www.adk.de] , [www.dradio.de]
2006	empty room: soundinstallation in the former stasi-remand centre @ erfurt andreasstreet within the exhibition "einschluss II/ listening imprisonment, erfurt/germany
	rigid string geometry: soundinstallation within the "openstudio" @ sonambiente soundart-festival fuer heoren und sehen 2006 @ tesla/podewil, berlin/germany
2005	wooden works: soundsculpture-studies with wooden plancks and transducers, bremen, weimar/germany
	shadow: soundinstallation with steelplate and rust-pigments, weimar/germany
2004	contured: permanent soundinstallation, steelobject - Cor-Ten, 2 channel audio, near bremen/germany
2003	speaking walls: sound-study for a little booth, 2 chnl audio, weimar/germany
	klangbild: soundinstallation with steelplates, 8 channel audio, hafenbecken F, bremen/germany
2002	eisen_fern: soundinstallation with steelplates, 6 channel audio, INVENTIONEN 2002, berlin/germany
2001	displacement: interactive video- und soundenvironment, 2 channel audio, weimar/germany
1999	B1: soundinstallation for a federal road, dortmund/germany
since 1995	working on experimental sound-design and soundinstallations.

electro-acoustic music

since 2006	member of the ensemble for improvised computer-music - hennig/markowski/rutz/sienknecht. diverse concerts in, berlin, bremen, leipzig, weimar, erfurt and basel/switzerland et al. in july 2006 @ world new music festival (WNMF 2006 - ISCM) in stuttgart/germany.
since 2005	collaboration with alderk hespos, markus markowski and christof knoche/NY. diverse concerts in bremen and berlin/germany

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christof knoche, bass-clarinet, electr.dev.

education

1997-1999	manhattan school of music, new york, new york
	master of music, jazz performance for saxophone
1989-1994	conservatory of music and drama of hannover, germany
	bachelor of music, music-education in jazz, rock, pop for saxophone

worked...

	with lee konitz, the new york voices, steve lacy, albert mangelsdorff, butch morris, art baron, nahawa doumbia, manhattan jazz orchestra, rodney jones, tuvenian throat singers Huun Huur Tu, miles okazaki, miguel zenon...

recordings

2009	miles okazaki - generations. sunnyside records
2006	miles okazaki - mirror
	alec berlin - beauty, grazing at the trough
2005	nils fischer - gracias joe cuba
	don peretz - foremen. fresh sound records
	butch morris - live at zebulon. zebulon records
	mika pohjola - yuletide voices. change records
2003	lou garrett - into the fall.
	christof knoche - line zero. omnitone records
2001	rodney jones - soul manifesto. blue note records
2000	brem`ns jazzleben - sweepin` the blues away.
1999	manhattan jazz orchestra - live at birdland.
1998	manhattan jazz orchestra - live at hubbard hall.
1996	global groove world band - live vol.I.
1994	ulrike janssen - up and down project.
1993	proust - proust, vol.II.

recognitions/ awards

	downbeat magazine. u.s.a.
	-downbeat award: winner of the worldwide competition for the best student ensemble of the renown magazine.
	academic exchange service. germany.
	-scholarship recipient: selected as one of the three students for an exclusive academic program providing the opportunity for individuals to pursue professional studies at the manhattan school of music.
	-jazzpodium award: consecutive winner of the nationwide competition encompassing performance and compositional works for jazz ensembles.
	jazzpodium music competition of lower saxony. germany.

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markus markowski, prep. guitar, live-electronics

background

since 1984	musician in div. ensembles
since 1989	work on concepts for musical improvisation
since 1992	work on experimental instruments and soundinstallations
since 1998	working with soundsynthesis- and control-techniques
since 2001	working on self built software instruments and multichannel music

recent electro-acoustic music

2010	HKM+ concert, Bahnhof Oldenburg (GER), august 28, w. hennig, knoche, markowski, robert rehnig
	FRANKS FARM concert, Belle Etage Bremen (GER), july 16, w. dietmar paetsch, sergej chutkow, christof knoche
	HKM+ concert, Gueterbahnhof Bremen (GER), july 14/15, w. hennig, knoche, markowski, reinhart hammerschmidt, tim schomacker, willi hanne, hannes clauss
	HKM+ concert, Strings Delmenhorst (GER), july 9, w. hennig, knoche, markowski, alderk hespos, stefan lindemann
	The HOLZ - concert, Claws of Saurtopia Noise fest ZORO, Leipzig (GER), may 29, w. The HOLZ (alderk hespos - perc, objects, STOCHT / markowski - git, live electr.), robert rehnig (software instr.), tobias guenter (livevideo)
	FRAGMENTIERTE ARCHITEKTUR - concert/video, WENDEL Berlin (GER), may 23, 4-chnl audio (w. hennig/markowski/ursula scherrer - video)
	HKM+diatribes/piero sk/rehnig/sienknecht CD release Tour: w. hennig/knoche/markowski, dincise, cyril bondi, robert rehnig
	OBLO, Lausanne (CH), mar 31 feat. laurent estoppey - sax, piero sk - sax, metal clarinet
	WIM, Zurich (CH), mar 30 feat. christian weber - bs
	INTERVENTIONSRAUM, Stuttgart (GER), mar 29 feat. Oliver Prechtl - rhodes, live electr.
	OSCAR/WELTECHO, Chemnitz (GER), mar 24
	KULTURHAUS MITTE, Berlin (GER), mar 23 feat. johannes sienknecht - software instr., laurent estopey - sax
	WENDEL, Berlin (GER), mar 22 feat. j. sienknecht
	OHNE GEWEHR concert, Ganderkesee (GER), feb 16 2010, 4-chnl audio (w. stefan lindemann - prep. piano / markowski - prep. git, live electronic)
2009	SCHREIBMASCHINE concert, Leipzig (GER), dec 02 09, 4-chnl audio (w. hennig/markowski, and david lemoine - mashed up vocal rands, live electr./erik minkkinen - guitar, footsynth)
	ACUD concert, Berlin (GER), nov 29 09, 4-chnl audio (w. hennig/markowski and simon berz - perc, live electr./geoff gersh - git, live electr./robert rehnig - software instr.)
	PHILHARMONIC INSTRUMENT - HKM+ concert, Philharmony Lodz (PL), nov 26 09, 10-chnl audio (w. hennig/knoche/markowski and geoff gersh - git, live electr./mikolaj palosz - cello/robert rehnig - software instr.)
	NOCTURNE 26 - khm koeln oct 22 09, concert/workshop, 4-chnl audio (w. sciss/hennig/markowski)
	FRAGMENTIERTE ARCHITEKTUR - concert/video, .move werkleitz festival, Riff Club, Leipzig (GER) oct 10 09, 4-chnl audio (w. hennig/markowski/ursula scherrer - video)
	HKM+ concert 4-chnl audio, Galerie KUB Leipzig (GER) (w. r.rehnig / w.hanne / t.guenter)
	HKM+ concert 4-chnl audio, Raum der Kulturen Leipzig (GER) (w. diatribes / piero sk / r.rehnig / j.sienknecht)
	HKM+ - concert 13 + 4-chnl audio, ISSUE Project Room brooklyn/NY (USA) (w. kirk knuffke)
	HKM+ - 4-chnl audio, C.O.M.A.@ABC No-Rio, new york (USA) (w. knuffke/haffner/lee/gersh)
	SOIREE DER NEUEN MUSIK - concert, 4-chnl audio, Schwaebisch-Hall apr 09 (w. sciss/hennig)
2008	UNTERGRUND DER WISSENSCHAFT - concert 4-chnl audio / installation, Jena nov 08 (w. sciss/hennig/sienknecht)
	white nights (balta nakts) - raumklangkonzert, RIXC riga (LV) aug 08, 8 kanal audio/livestream (w. sciss/hennig/sienknecht)
	HKM+ - raumklangkonzert, strings delmenhorst jul 08, 4 kanal audio (w. hennig/knoche/robert rehnig - prep. piano/live-electr.)
	urban spaces - raumklangkonzert/installation, RIXC riga (LV) mar 08, 12 kanal audio/livestream (w. sciss/hennig/sienknecht)
2007	fuenf+1 - raumklangkonzert, kl. wasserspeicher berlin sep 07, 16 kanal audio (w. sciss/hennig/sienknecht)
	FUSION festival jun 07, w. subsonance [SUBSONANCE]
2006	berlin "salon bruit" lichtblick may 06, 4 kanal audio (m. sciss/sienknecht)
	ISCM world music festival stuttgart jul 06 [WNMF 2006 - ISCM] (w. sciss/hennig/sienknecht)
	basel (CH) jul 06, 4 channel audio (w. sciss/hennig/sienknecht)
	erfurt former stasi-remand centre, sept 06, 6 channel audio (m. sciss/hennig)
	diverse concerts w. monorind/subsonance
2005	2hkm 2005 berlin (with alderk hespos, christof knoche, ludger hennig)

other...

2003	three the hard way bremen 2003 (with christof matysiak, marco heimann)
2000	mongolian music bremen 2000 (with michael spalke)
1997	noise gate jazzfestival hannover 1997 (with hannes claus, hans kaemper, uli orth)
1996	2 gute menschen/2 good beings, KLANGRAD, staatstheater hannover 1996 (with christof knoche)
1993	improvisationen hannover 1993 (with rudi mahal, michael griener)
1992	let there be tv / "der gruss vom !", documenta IX kassel 1992 (with alderk aespos)

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